A new study was recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, that was an 8 year long study that sought to investigate the effects of fried potato consumption on human health. The study involved 4,400 male and female participants, they were between the ages of 45 to 79. When the 8 year study was completed, researchers found that roughly 236 of their participants had passed away.
They found that for those who consumed fried potatoes more than 2x per week, that it doubled their risk of death.
Fried potatoes didn't just involve French fries either, they also say it could be hash browns and tater tots, any sort of fried potato. They didn't find any connection between the consumption of regular baked white potatoes and death.
French fries and other fried potato products are a major staple of the American diet.
It's estimated that Americans on average will consume about 29 lbs of fries every single year. When it comes to potatoes, this is one of the most popular and frequently consumed vegetable within the US. Sales of just tomatoes and potatoes alone are said to make up roughly half of all the vegetables that are eaten in the US market.
Researchers say that more investigation is still needed in this area, in order to further understand the correlation between the two. But this isn't the first time that high processed and starchy foods have been suggested by researchers to be bad for us.
Just a few months ago, British scientists were issuing a warning about the results of their own research in this area. They concluded that there might be a risk of cancer when it comes to overcooked and starchy food. And they said that for those who still want to consume them, that they should at the very least do so by cooking them at lower temperatures.
It's no surprise that researchers or nutritionists and other health experts might say that French fries aren't exactly the most healthy snack or meal decision that one could make. But the results of this study are interesting when it comes to further investigating the link between fry consumption and the risk of death.
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Sources:
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2017/06/07/ajcn.117.154872.abstract?papetoc
http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/eating-french-fries-linked-to-higher-risk-of-death
http://rare.us/rare-life/food-and-drink/americans-eat-29-pounds-of-french-fries-every-year-but-where-did-they-come-from/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/21/this-is-how-much-americans-love-french-fries-and-ketchup/?utm_term=.6b1f9817b6a5
http://www.today.com/health/study-links-eating-french-fries-increased-risk-death-t112557
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